Dams, Levees, and Civil Works Business Class Lead

Dams, Levees, and Civil Works Business Class Lead

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you'll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people's lives. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

HDR is looking for an experienced practitioner in Dams, Levees, and Civil Works (DLCW) to join our thriving team in the Northwest area. This is an opportunity to join an established local and regional team. This role leads and manages HDR's Idaho-based team associated with dams, levees, floodplain management, and civil design. Responsibilities include managing staff and staff workload, business class technical development, developing and maintaining client relationships, identifying and winning project opportunities, and delivering successful projects. This professional should be able to perform technical work, mentor junior staff, build teams, collaborate with professionals across HDR, and manage projects with high degree of technical complexity, while complying with QA/QC requirements. The candidate will produce and coordinate several projects concurrently, while collaborating with our regional and national technical and business leadership. This position offers additional opportunities for travel and working within other regions of practice across Idaho and the United States.

Our Dams, Levees, and Civil Works team focuses on a broad range of challenging projects related to dams, spillways, reservoirs, levees, civil works, hydraulic structures, hydraulic modeling, floodplain management, dam safety, consequence modeling, risk analysis. Our Dams, Levees, and Civil Works team works closely with other disciplines including fisheries, water supply management, pump stations and pipelines, and environmental teams. We work on all-phases of design from appraisal and feasibility analyses to design and construction.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Professional Engineer in Idaho State or ability to obtain Idaho PE license within 6 months.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a diverse project team; and travel as required for project or other business assignments.
• Ability to function as an active team player in a diverse multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience with supervising staff and an interest in client and business development.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve. Our Commitment As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary Location: United States-Idaho-Boise Industry: Water Schedule: Full-time Employee Status: Regular BusinessClass: Dams Levees Civil Works